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(2721.) A. scoparius, Michx., Fl. I., 57; Pursb, Fl. I., 74; Hook., 

 Fl. II., 25ti. 



A. purpurascens, Willd. Sp. IV., 013. 



PoUinia scoparia, Spreng. ; Rccm. & Schultz. Syst. II., 832. 



Dry sandy soil, widely distributed. Goat Island, in Grand Lake, 

 N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) Kirk's Fen-y, Q. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Abun- 

 dant on Eice Lake Plains, and westward to Lakes Brie and Huron. 

 (Macoun.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Port Col borne, Ont. 

 (McGill Coll. Herb.) Sandy soil, London, Ont. (Burgess. Millman) 

 East side ot La Cloche Island, Georgian Bay. (R. Bell.) South Antler 

 Creek, Man. (Millman.) Abundant in dry spots in Manitoba, and 

 throughout the southern prairie region to Calgary and Morley, Alberta. 

 (Macoun.) Banks of the Saskatchewan. (Hooker, Fl.) 



680. CHYSOPOCON, Trin. rWOOD-GRASS.) 



(2722.) C. nutans, Benth. & Hook., Gen. Plant. III., 1135. 



Andropoijon nulanj), Linn.; Pursh, Fl. I., 74. 



A. arenaceu«, Michx., Fl. I., 58; Pursh, Fl. I., 74; Hook., Fl. II., 257. 



Sorghum nutans, Gray ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2271. 

 Dry sandy woods, near Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Eocky wood- 

 land west of Brockville, Ont. (Billings.) Bank of the Trent at Heely 

 Falls ; common on Eice Lake Plains ; along the Humber and Don, at 

 Toronto, and at Niagara Falls. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. 

 (Logie.) London ; and Port Cockburn, Muskoka, Ont. (Burgess.) 

 Saskatchewan. (Hooker, FL) High Bluff, Man.* (McGill Coll. Herb.) 



681. PHALARIS, Linn. Gen. 74. (OANARY-GRASS.) 



(2723.) P. arundinacea, Linn.; Michx., Fl. I., 43 ; Pursh, Fl. I., 

 65; Hook., Fl. II,, 234, 



P. Americana, Torr., Fl. I., 100. 

 Calamagrostis colorata, Nutt., Gen. I,, 46. 

 In ditches, marshes, and the borders of ponds ; common westward 

 Marshes at Truro, and Annapolis. X.S,; and at Whyeocomagh, Cape 

 Breton. (Macoun.) Not uncommon in Carleton Co., and along the St. 

 John River, N.B. (Vroom.) Campbellton, N.B. (Chalmers.) Becscie 

 Eiver, and Ellis Bay, Anticosti. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Ottawa, (Fletcher, 



